Comments on: Playing Fast and Loose with Meaning in the History of Wordshttp://blog.oup.com/2006/05/playing_fast_an/
Academic insights for the thinking world.Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:32:55 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: malcolm spencerhttp://blog.oup.com/2006/05/playing_fast_an/#comment-295373
Sun, 23 Sep 2012 21:32:44 +0000http://216.110.190.15/2006/05/playing_fast_and_loose_with_meaning_in_the_history_of_words/#comment-295373I was told that the phrase playing fast and loose came from archery. If the archery captain wanted the archers to stop loosing arrows he called “fast” (shortened from standfast) if someone then carried on shooting it was considered dangerous hence the saying playing fast and loose. Sounded feasible to me.
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Sun, 04 Jun 2006 13:30:14 +0000http://216.110.190.15/2006/05/playing_fast_and_loose_with_meaning_in_the_history_of_words/#comment-233The story with the word fast is really intereting. So different meanings leave thogether in this one word.
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